Tag: football
Racism, sexism claims at South Bunbury Football Club leads to withdrawal of women’s team
An embattled Western Australian country football club has taken the “unprecedented” move of withdrawing its three-time premiership women’s team amid claims of racist and sexist…
Remote football team plays first game in two years with COVID travel restrictions lifted at last
On a red dirt field with only sparse patches of green, the Bidyadanga Emus have pulled on their footy boots at the team’s home ground…
Racist, sexist behaviour and ‘vulgar’ stripper comment prompts half of women’s football club to quit
More than half of a women’s football team in regional Western Australia has quit over what they describe as racist and sexist behaviour within their…
Notorious paedophile John Coogan infiltrated Footscray Football Club in the 1970s
A notorious paedophile who abused boys for decades in the Geelong region took some of his victims to the Footscray Football Club in the late…
Regional football club breaks three-year drought with help from Dale Thomas
What you’re about to hear is not a pitch for a film, even if it reads like one. On Saturday, 1,029 days after their last…
WA country football coach quits in protest at racist on-field slur
An Indigenous country football coach has quit in protest of a “disappointing” on-field incident in which a racial slur was directed at an Aboriginal player….
WA country football coach quits in protest of racist on-field slur
An Indigenous country football coach has quit in protest of a “disappointing” on-field incident in which a racial slur was directed at an Aboriginal player….
Mullewa Saints break drought with first football win in three years
The Mullewa Saints Football Club has won its first game in three years, beating fourth-placed Northampton by 15 points. Key points: Mullewa has not won…
Melbourne to rebrand as Narrm Football Club for AFL Indigenous Round matches
Reigning AFL premiers Melbourne hope the historic temporary rebranding of the club to Narrm will prompt a wider discussion about Indigenous issues. Key points: The…
Maryborough’s under 18s football side re-established for 150th year celebrations
A group of Maryborough men got together at the Bull and Mouth Hotel for a drink in 1872 and decided to have a regular kick…